Tuesday prep roundup: Here's who's playing in volleyball finals
The finals are set in several Charlotte-area girls’ volleyball conference championship matches set for Wednesday evening.
It will be the last chance for teams to improve their RPI positions before the N.C. High School Athletic Association announces the state playoff seedings and pairings Thursday.
In most cases, the teams that finished first and second in the regular season will meet for titles.
That includes Ardrey Kell and East Mecklenburg in the Southwestern 7A/8A; Butler and Independence in the Meck Power Six 7A/8A; Hickory Ridge and Cox Mill in the Greater Metro 6A/7A; North Iredell and Mooresville in the North Piedmont 6A/7A; and Marvin Ridge and Weddington in the Southern Carolina 6A/7A.
There is one surprise, in the Greater Charlotte 7A/8A, where third-seeded South Mecklenburg upset second seed Myers Park in the semifinals Tuesday.
Here is a look at Tuesday’s high school sports around the Charlotte area – plus the pairings for today’s NCHSAA girls’ team tennis playoffs.
Girls’ volleyball
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A
Hough def. Hopewell 3-0
South Mecklenburg def. Myers Park 3-2
Wednesday’s final: Hough (16-11) vs. South Mecklenburg (10-11)
Meck Power Six 7A/8A
Butler def. North Mecklenburg 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-16)
Independence def. Mallard Creek 3-0
Wednesday’s final: Butler (20-4) vs. Independence (27-9)
Southwestern 7A/8A
Ardrey Kell def. Ballantyne Ridge 3-1
East Mecklenburg def. Providence 3-0 (28-26, 25-14, 25-12): Jane Young led the Eagles with 19 kills.
Wednesday’s final: East Mecklenburg (20-8) vs. Ardrey Kell (14-11)
CISAA (regular season)
Charlotte Latin def. Cannon School 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-20)
Providence Day def. Covenant Day 3-1 (25-22, 18-25, 26-24, 25-20)
Greater Metro 6A/7A
Hickory Ridge def. A.L. Brown 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-22): Hickory Ridge’s Sydni Moore had 14 kills.
Cox Mill def. West Cabarrus 3-0 (26-17, 27-25, 25-17)
Wednesday’s final: Hickory Ridge (20-4) vs. Cox Mill (18-13)
North Piedmont 6A/7A
North Iredell def. Davie County 3-0
Mooresville def. Lake Norman 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-20)
Wednesday’s final: North Iredell (23-1) vs. Mooresville (18-8)
Southern Carolina 6A/7A
Marvin Ridge def. Sun Valley 3-0 (25-17, 25-9, 25-8)
Weddington def. Cuthbertson 3-0
Wednesday’s final: Marvin Ridge (25-3) vs. Weddington (18-9)
Big South 5A/6A (regular season)
Crest def. Kings Mountain 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 25-21, 14-25, 15-11)
Hunter Huss def. Ashbrook 3-1
South Point def. North Gaston 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-12)
Rocky River 4A/5A
West Stanly def. Anson County 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-8)
Parkwood def. Mount Pleasant 3-0
Wednesday’s final: West Stanly (19-6) vs. Parkwood (18-6)
South Piedmont 4A/5A
South Rowan def. West Rowan 3-0
Jesse Carson def. Concord 3-0
Wednesday’s final: Jesse Carson (30-3) vs. South Rowan (19-4)
Western Foothills 4A/5A
Fred T. Foard def. Maiden 3-2
Hickory def. North Lincoln 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-17)
Wednesday’s final: Hickory (32-2) vs. Fred T. Foard (18-8)
Catawba Shores 2A/3A/4A
Community School of Davidson def. Bradford Prep 3-0 (25-17, 25-7, 25-15)
Lake Norman Charter def. Christ the King 3-2 (25-16, 22-25, 25-14, 19-25, 15-8)
Wednesday’s final: Lake Norman Charter (25-1) vs. Community School of Davidson (18-6)
Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A (regular season)
Stuart Cramer def. Highland Tech 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-22)
Yadkin Valley 2A/3A
North Stanly def. Gray Stone Day 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-20)
South Stanly def. Union Academy 3-1 (31-29, 14-25, 25-16, 25-16)
Wednesday’s final: North Stanly (25-5) vs. South Stanly (17-10)
Catawba River 1A/2A/3A
Piedmont Community Charter def. Jackson Day 3-1 (25-16, 20-25, 25-22, 25-15): Lily Cochroft had 30 assists for the Patriots.
Mountain Island Charter def. Thomas Jefferson Academy 3-1 (25-7, 25-13, 22-25, 25-15)
Wednesday’s final: Piedmont Community Charter (15-4) vs. Mountain Island Charter (21-3)
Metrolina Athletic
Gaston Christian def. SouthLake Christian 3-2
Boys’ soccer
Meck Power Six 7A/8A
Butler 3, Chambers 3
Independence 6, West Charlotte 1: Six players scored a goal for the Patriots, with Bernando Mendoza and Sam Strand each netting a goal and an assist.
Southwestern 7A/8A
Ardrey Kell 4, Palisades 0: Ahmed Shibeika scored twice, and Chase Gelting added two assists for the Knights.
East Mecklenburg 3, Ballantyne Ridge 2: The Eagles’ Caleb Scott had two goals.
Providence 9, Rocky River 1: Jalen Toney and Jackson Woelfel each had two goals.
CISAA
Charlotte Latin 3, Cannon School 1: Conno Gannett had a goal and an assist for the Hawks, and Alex Korkowski and Jack Lilly added single goals.
Covenant Day 3, Providence Day 2: Chayce Johnson scored twice for Covenant Day.
Greater Metro 6A/7A
Berry Academy 2, A.L. Brown 1
Harding 2, Central Cabarrus 0
Hickory Ridge 5, Olympic 0
South Piedmont 4A/5A
Concord 3, West Rowan 0
Jay M. Robinson 4, East Rowan 3
Salisbury 3, Jesse Carson 0
South Rowan 3, Northwest Cabarrus 1
Western Foothills 4A/5A
Bandys 3, East Lincoln 1
Newton-Conover 2, Hickory 1
North Lincoln 2, West Iredell 0: North Lincoln’s Allan Medina and Kaleb Rosenberger each scored second-half goals.
Yadkin Valley 2A/3A
Union Academy 5, North Rowan 0
Metrolina Athletic
Gaston Christian 3, Metrolina Christian 2
Nonconference
Forsyth Home Educators 1, Davidson Day 0
South Iredell 3, Fred T. Foard 2: Luis Nunez scored twice for South Iredell.
Field hockey
Charlotte Catholic 10, Hough 0: Evi Hoefling had two goals and two assists for the Cougars.
South Mecklenburg 1, Providence 0
Weddington 2, Cuthbertson 1 (OT)
Girls' flag football
Central Cabarrus 26, A.L. Brown 0
Charlotte Catholic 19, Marvin Ridge 14
Cuthbertson 13, Berry Academy 13
Cuthbertson 26, Union Academy 14: The Cavaliers improved to 9-0 on the season.
NCHSAA girls’ team tennis playoffs
NCHSAA team playoffs
(Wednesday’s second round)
CLASS 8A
West
Apex Friendship at Myers Park
Ardrey Kell at Providence
Northwest Guilford at West Charlotte
South Mecklenburg at Pinecrest
East
Green Hope at Hoggard
Millbrook at Green Level
Panther Creek at Leesville Road
Wakefield at Broughton
CLASS 7A
West
Chapel Hill at Weddington
Cuthbertson at Greensboro Page
Grimsley at Davie County
Lake Norman at Reagan
Mooresville at Marvin Ridge
Purnell Swett at R.J. Reynolds
Richmond Senior at Cox Mill
West Cabarrus at Ballantyne Ridge
East
Ashley at Cardinal Gibbons
Cary at New Hanover
Heritage at D.H. Conley
Holly Springs at Cape Fear
Lumberton at Fuquay-Varina
Overhills at New Bern
Riverside at Cleveland
Sanderson at Wake Forest
CLASS 6A
West
A.C. Reynolds at Charlotte Catholic
Alexander Central at Watauga
Ashbrook at Northern Guilford
Asheboro at Kings Mountain
North Iredell at South Caldwell
St. Stephens at Piedmont
Southeast Guilford at Asheville
T.C. Roberson at Mount Tabor
East
Gray’s Creek at Union Pines
Harnett Central/Middle Creek at Northern Nash
Jacksonville at Felton Grove
South Johnston at Triton
South View at Terry Sanford
Southern Alamance at East Chapel Hill
Swansboro at West Johnston
West Brunswick at J.H. Rose
CLASS 5A
West
Concord at Hickory
Crest at North Lincoln
East Rowan at West Henderson
North Buncombe at Rockingham County
Northwest Cabarrus at Jesse Carson
Oak Grove at East Lincoln
South Point at Atkins
West Rowan at Franklin
East
Cedar Ridge at Orange
Durham School of Arts at Croatan
Hunt at South Brunswick
Jacksonville Northside/Dixon at Rocky Mount
Person at Western Alamance
Seaforth at Fike
Southern Nash at C.B. Aycock
West Carteret at Currituck County
CLASS 4A
West
Ashe County at Pisgah
Bandys at Brevard
Central Academy at Lake Norman Charter
East Burke at Burns
Fred T. Foard at East Gaston
Mount Pleasant at Salisbury
Newton-Conover at Hibriten
North Surry at Bunker Hill
East
Central Davidson at First Flight
Fairmont at Ledford
Morehead at North Johnston
Nash Central at West Stanly
Randleman at Southwestern Randolph
SouthWest Edgecombe at Carrboro
Washington/Lexington at Clinton
West Stokes at East Duplin
CLASS 3A
West
Central Davidson at East Surry
Patton at West Lincoln
Piedmont Community Charter at Wheatmore
Polk County/West Caldwell at Draughn
Surry Central at Pine Lake Prep
Union Academy at North Stanly
West Davidson at Hendersonville
West Wilkes at Mount Airy
East
Louisburg at Greene Central
Martin County at North Moore
McMichael at Ayden-Grifton
Northwood at Goldsboro
Princeton at Pender
Wake Prep at Trinity
West Bladen at N.C. School of Science & Math/Durham
Whiteville at South Columbus
CLASS 2A
West
Cherryville at Eno River Academy
Community School of Davidson at Bishop McGuinness
Gray Stone Day/South Stokes at Elkin
Starmount/Highland Tech at East Wilkes
East
East Carteret/Perquimans at Franklin Academy
Gates County at Research Triangle
Raleigh Charter at J.A. Holmes
Rosewood at Manteo
CLASS 1A
West
South Davidson at Clover Garden
East
Bear Grass Charter at Vance Charter
Jones Senior at Hobgood Charter
Southern Wake Academy at Chatham Central
